September 23, 2007 – 12:31 pm
I attended two conferences over the course of the last week, each providing very different perspectives of the same fundamental issue: what does Govt 2.0 look like, and how well are we placed to get there from here?
The first was BarCamp Wellington, where 50-odd people from all parts of the country gave up a Saturday [...]
August 13, 2007 – 8:42 pm
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, BarCamp is coming to the Shaky Isles. The inaugural New Zealand BarCamp unconference is going to be held in Wellington on Saturday, September 15. The theme of the event is loosely based around the concept of Govt 2.0; loosely because it is really up to whoever shows up on the day [...]
The last three days of last week were taken up by the 2007 GOVIS conference, this year the theme being Innovation in IT. And yes, there was quite a lot of focus on Web 2.0 and what it means for government here in New Zealand. There was even a bit of discussion about the role [...]
March 12, 2007 – 11:37 am
On Thursday 1 and Friday 2 of March, the Network hosted the first full-day workshops for members, on Strategic Crisis Communications. To facilitate these workshops, we asked Kym and Dick Lynch from Lynch Communications to come over from Melbourne and share their knowledge and considerable expertise with us.
Before I get into my impressions of the [...]
January 23, 2007 – 2:49 pm
As I mentioned late last year, the Network is hosting the first (of what we hope will be many) one-day workshop for members, on Strategic Crisis Communications.
You indicated in your feedback about the inaugural conference that you wanted more intensive, interactive professional development opportunities, so the Committee have begun putting together a programme of workshops [...]
October 6, 2006 – 10:42 am
Two weeks after the event and the feedback forms have been steadily rolling in. In all, we have received 54 feedback forms, out of the 120-odd who attended the conference. And while I don’t profess any great skill in statistical analysis, a response rate of roughly 50% seems pretty reasonable to me.
So, what did you [...]
September 23, 2006 – 6:20 pm
Friday September 22 saw the inaugural Network of Public Sector Communicators professional development conference, comms@06, held at the National Library in Wellington.
On behalf of the Committee, I would like to thank all those who attended, with a particular mention to the speakers, who provided such rich and entertaining content on the day.
Approximately 120 public sector [...]
